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Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/súHar

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This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

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Etymology

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    From Proto-Indo-European *súh₂el ~ *suh₂éns (the sun), leveled from *sóh₂wl̥ ~ *suh₂éns (from *sh₂wéns via schwebeablaut).

    Noun

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    *súHar ~ suHáns[1]

    1. the sun
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    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Proto-Indo-Aryan: *súHar
    • Proto-Iranian: *húHar (see there for further descendants)
    • Proto-Nuristani: *sáwī (< *sáHuriH < Proto-Indo-European *sóh₂wl̥ + *-ih₂)
      • Northern Nuristani:
      • Southern Nuristani:

    Further reading

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    • Martínez García, Javier, de Vaan, Michiel (2014) Introduction to Avestan (Brill Introductions to Indo-European Languages; 1)‎[2], Brill, →ISBN, page 52
    • MacKenzie, D. N. (1971) “xwar1”, in A concise Pahlavi dictionary, London, New York, Toronto: Oxford University Press

    References

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    1. ^ Lubotsky, Alexander (1997) “The Indo-Iranian reflexes of PIE *CRHUV”, in Sound Law and Analogy. Papers in honor of Robert S.P. Beekes on the occasion of his 60th birthday[1], Amsterdam: Brill, page 149